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association

noun
  1. the act of consorting with or joining with others
    “you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association”
  2. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
    “conditioning is a form of learning by association”
    connection
  3. (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
  4. a formal organization of people or groups of people
  5. (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
  6. a relation resulting from interaction or dependence
    “flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear”
  7. a social or business relationship
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  8. the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
    “Their association of their parent and being beaten was too strong to break.”